The Reverened Ian Paisley, MP for North Antrim, has tabled an EDM, number 317, the text of which reads
That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. (N.I.), 2006, No. 439), dated 8th November 2006, a copy of which was laid before this […]

Tiberius Gracchus and Luke Akehurst have tagged me with the meme ‘ten things I’d never do’.
1. Support capital or corporal punishment
2. Drink lager
3. Let the ends justify the means
4. Not vote Labour (unless the BNP were going to win and there was a single candidate)
5. Buy a copy of the Daily Mail
6. Make an […]

As I posted here, I believe it was Aneurin Bevan who said that he supported states’ rights in the USA as the only way to reach socialism and a unitary state in the UK as the only way to reach socialism. I wonder if the same would now hold - three of the four devolved […]

At the risk of being shot down by an uberblogger, I have to take issue with Iain Dale’s argument that the centre ground is the common ground, mostly because I don’t think either exist.
The centre ground is, presumably, the bit in the middle. The middle of what, I hear you cry. It could be between […]

The vast majority of bloggers out there are responsible correspondents doing fine work in niche reporting fields like Gilmore Girl fan fiction, or cute things their cats do, or photoshopped images of the Gilmore Girls as cats. That’s great. Where I draw the line is with these attack-bloggers. Just someone with […]

Well, for starters, I don’t like those terms so I’m going to rephrase the question. I’d rather that this blog had more readers and, if this becomes a larger blog, I may ask the question again.
The question is:
Is Britain (i) more socially authoritarian or socially liberal and (ii) more or less economically liberal than in […]

The theme of euthanasia being debated again, from Lord Joffe’s Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill to various Christians saying that very ill babies could be denied treatment.
The question of resourcing has come up, usually with fierce protestations that this debate has nothing to do with resourcing and that we would, of course, use […]

…said Juvenal. An addition to the blogroll - Gracchi. The blog is about politics in its broadest sense - not just the activities of the Westminster village, but everything that affects the way society arranges itself.
xD.

I’ve just found out that today is International Students’ Day, remembering
the anniversary of the 1939 Nazi storming of the University of Prague after demonstrations against the killing of Jan Opletal and the occupation of Czechoslovakia, and the execution of nine student leaders, over 1200 students sent to concentration camps, and the closing of all Czechoslovakian […]

My friend Ali Dewji, Communication Sabbatical Officer at the LSE Students’ Union, has launched a blog at sucomms.blogspot.com. This is an excellent idea. It allows more contact with him, lets him show his reasoning for things and, if and when the Beaver Online starts up properly and assuming they link to the blog, may increase […]